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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
10
Physicians blame modern life for a tired condition described as autointoxication affecting digestion and vital organs. The ad promotes Stumma tone, a tonic claimed to feed nerves, curb poisons, and rejuvenate energy, with Sutton Bros. pharmacy holding the Mobile agency and offering samples.
In Atlanta on September 12 the sixteenth biennial convention of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, a Negro organization, featured a parade of delegates and visitors from twenty nine states. Section officers are planned for tomorrow.
An advertisement touts Poslam for skin troubles from cuts to eczema and acne. It claims quick relief, antiseptic action, and byproduct Poslam Soap for healthier skin and dandruff reduction. Van Antwerp Drug Corp and other druggists sell Poslam. samples offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
Oscar T. Taylor of Pittsburg was chosen commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans. He defeated C. Albert Gasser 341 to 57 in Atlantic City. Buffalo will host next encampment. Rev. Robert A. Fiwood was defeated for chaplain-in-chief. Other officers include Payne, Stewart, Ellis, Tucker, Hueston, Bradley. Effie M. Hecord named president-general of the women's auxiliary.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley urged mandating dental inspections in public schools before the National Dental Association. He framed state aid to education as socialistic, argued tooth health as vital to life prospects, and linked child mortality to dental issues while opposing artificial food processing.
An old ad claims minor health neglect can lead to serious trouble and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for 26 cents at all druggists. The tone imitates a rural exhortation urging quick relief. The product is marketed as a simple cure for constipation billiousness indigestion and liver issues using plain language.
On September 11 a 7000 veteran G A R parade moved through Los Angeles under clear skies. Girls handed out flowers and lemonade while ambulances and rest stations aided marchers. The highlight was Company A Fourteenth Ohio flag raised for the first time since Gettysburg.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming it dissolves in stomach acids, not the mouth, ensuring a tasteless chill remedy. Markets as suitable for grown people and children, with a 50 cent price.
Beverly Massachusetts September 11 President Taft will visit Millbury with Mrs Taft and likely Taft sons. Miss Delia Torrey prepares fragrant apple pies and doughnuts for the president. Relatives gather at Miss Torrey’s house as Taft reunion headquarters for the weekend return.
A historical beauty column advises on skin care and hair methods. It suggests magatone in witch hazel for a lasting complexion, Therox dry shampoo for hair shine, Pyroxin to darken eyebrows, delatone paste to remove facial hair, and cautions about water damaging hair.
Effective September 15, wage adjustments affect about one thousand workers in the mechanical divisions of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company and the Birmingham Southern. Increases range from 1 to 2 1/2 cents per hour based on current pay, with adjustments also in the railroad transportation department. Carpenters, boilermakers, blacksmiths and others gain higher wages.
Macon Georgia September 11 Two trainmen were slightly injured tonight when the Picayune express of the Georgia railroad running from Augusta Georgia to Macon was derailed near Sparte Georgia The engine tender and baggage car left the track but the passenger coaches remained on the rails The injured are J B Howan of Augusta and N W Blackston of Days station fireman
Twenty five persons sustained light injuries when a passenger train on the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company line derailed four miles west of Winlock. The first coach rolled over twice and slid down a forty foot embankment before stopping at the bottom.
A high barometer area brings generally fair weather and cooler temperatures across the Ohio valley and north Atlantic states. A coastal low over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico extends into the east gulf and south Atlantic states, with scattered showers and local rains possible for Mobile tonight or Friday. Brisk gulf winds forecast.
The father of Jack Finley, a Black youth shot by deputies in Crichton, says he will sue the officer who fired. The deputy reports Finley struck him with a board and was resisting arrest. the boy sustained no serious injuries.
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